This happened a while back. Just something I thought I'd share.

I work as a tradesman on construction sites. There's this electrician - a few years older than me - who I'd never met on any previous jobs. Never talked to him before, but I'd noticed he always had this annoyed, kinda smug look on his face and gave off pretty toxic vibes, in my opinion. The guy never even seemed to greet anyone in the mornings and just didn't seem like a nice person to be around.

One day I'm up on a scissor lift working on the ceiling, with my tools and supplies sitting on the ground next to the lift. This same sparky comes over to work on something nearby, decides my stuff is in his way, and starts aggressively kicking it aside - visibly pissed off.

I don't react right away, but a bit later I climb down, go over to him, and ask him to step aside for a second because I need to ask him something. He comes over looking completely clueless about what's up. I then threw a perfect uppercut... just kidding. I asked if everything was alright and whether I'd unknowingly wronged him in some way. He said no - looking confused - so I explained that I felt a little disrespected by the way he angrily kicked my tools around like that and just wanted to know if it was because of something I'd done.

He acknowledged that he'd acted unprofessionally and apologized.

To this day he greets me every single time we cross paths.